Ghostbusters director Ivan Reitman came up with the tag line “Coming To Save the World
This Summer” for the film’s pre-release poster as a way of “focusing that this movie is perhaps
larger than you expect.”

The quirky horror comedy about a group of university parapsychologists who open a ghost-removal
service was a blockbuster in the summer of 1984.
Ghostbusters has grossed almost $300 million worldwide; earned two Oscar nominations, for
visual effects and original song; and spawned
Ghostbusters II (1989), two animated TV series and several video games.

For the film’s 30th anniversary, Sony Pictures Entertainment rereleased
Ghostbusters yesterday in more than 700 locations, including several theaters in central
Ohio, for a weeklong engagement. In addition, a digital restoration of the film will arrive on
Blu-ray on Sept. 16. The anniversary edition will also include
Ghostbusters II and a figurine of Slimer, a ghost in the film.

Ghostbusters is “a big part of our DNA and one of the most beloved movies that we have
ever released,” said Rory Bruer, Sony’s president of distribution. “It’s fun to see it . . . with a
lot of fans around.”

The film has been restored through the years, but the 30th-anniversary edition marks the first
4K digital restoration.

“The technology has advanced to the point that we are able to really bring out a lot of the
detail from the original negative,” said Rita Belda, a film restoration executive.

The negative, she said, was in “fairly good shape, considering it is 30 years old.”